MANUKAU HARBOUR..
The nriivnl of the brig Orrnn, Cnptmn Denchnr, in this hnibout in twelve elnyte fiom Melbourne, j s another proof of in great value n» n porr on the Went Coant. The Ocenn is n line new biiß of one hundred and ninety eight tonn icj-istcr, and Cnptmn Dcuehar iloscrves K rc.it credit fur tlio manner in which lie Ims broiijj'it her In her nncliornKo at Knrnngnhiipi undvi I'op'Hi^n Point, «c b-iic\e wilh only ineliflciTiit rhuii.i to guide him. Hii is weuniieistuncl quite a sli.'ingcr on cuir const, end win almost deterred by ncverul jtnrtirn in Melbourne Irom coming to Mnnukau at nil, but finding h i> Imrliniir of ho easy acctss on arriving off it he immediately stood in, anil w.is n:rpri».cd that any diflmilty should h.ivc heen r.med wilh riferenee to it. C»|itani Deuchnr ieports I lu 1 luiK I'mlann, of Aberdeen, having left I'ort l'l.ili|) heaiU lor Anekljiid, in company ivitli the Ocphii, and the buicjue Mmy Pnilvcr to follow for A\ieUliind (Inert, in about Light oi tm days. Tlir bri£ hence, hud ainved. The \im\-. giant ilup New Zealandur win totully dchtroytd hy fire in the Imrhour o( GcUonp;, on Frid.iy ih(. bLVCiilcenlh December.— New Zcnlnndcr Jan. 13. W» regret to lenin from iho " Timcß," of Oct. 0, tlm the t'qmnortiiil i-hlci have, been productive ol fireat l>aw;e ,111,011^ liv- -.liipjiin^ on the.,Jui c li»h coast. 'Jhe n!ii|,pni ( ; m the vicinity n( \,u' o IJ,,« MS .ipp'iir to h.ivr -ulleied s VLiely, and n laigu fleet jotj ot oiuwaxl hound >hi,is ivhicli hud inndv 11 start ufJtir a lengthened dclcnnon, wind hound, were übliijcd to put back foi sheltei.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 80, 8 February 1854, Page 2
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275MANUKAU HARBOUR.. Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 80, 8 February 1854, Page 2
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